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"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does contorted mean?

a)

To bend out of shape

b)

To blend and dissolve

c)

To identify and describe

d)

To find the answer

2.

If you know the rules and you ignore the rules, you are ...

a)

flustered

b)

optimistic

c)

defiant

d)

sluggish

3.

To incriminate someone or something means to...

a)

twist or pull out of shape

b)

show great concern

c)

show nervousness or confusion

d)

cause them to appear guilty

4.

My brother Chris for some reason was always the ____________ in my house. He was always blamed for something.

a)

metamorphosis

b)

antagonism

c)

assent

d)

sccapegoat

5.

A metamorphosis is ....

a)

to appear nervous or confused

b)

a change of form

c)

the opposite of something

d)

an angry person

6.

Antagonism means...

a)

willing to stand up; bold

b)

hopeful about the future

c)

nervous or confused

d)

hostility or unfriendliness

7.

If you miss a test, I hope you have a _________ excuse!

a)

flustered

b)

persistent

c)

legitimate

d)

contorted

8.

Which of these words has the same meaning as sluggish.

a)

slow-moving

b)

fast paced

c)

nervous

d)

intense

9.

The basketball game was tied right up until the last second. I have to say it was a very __________ game.

a)

contorted

b)

balanced

c)

intense

d)

assent

10.

Grandma nodded her _______ and I was thrilled I could go to the skate park with my friends.

a)

scapegoat

b)

assent

c)

defiant

d)

persistent

11.

If you are an optimist, you look at the bright side of things.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

If you were to eat only blue kinds of food, people may say you have some strange _______.

a)

defiance

b)

metamorphosis

c)

idiosyncrasies

d)

smurfness